It seems to me that most people are totally unaware of diabetes facts. It is shocking how many people actually suffer from diabetes in the world today. The prevalence of diabetes is increasing rapidly especially in developing countries like China and India. The WHO (World Health Organization) attributes this partly to increased obesity, changes in traditional eating habits and a more sedentary lifestyle (you can also read my post “The 21+1 Causes of Diabetes“). If diabetes statistics continue at their present levels of acceleration, the WHO predict diabetes will be the 7th leading cause of death in the entire world within 20 years.
Here are 9 diabetes facts you should keep in mind:
Diabetes Fact #1: In 2010, there were an estimated 346 Million people suffering from diabetes worldwide according to the WHO. Of these, 25.8 million live in the USA. The USA ranks number 3 in the world for countries with the highest prevalence of diabetes. There were over 2 million new cases of diabetes confirmed in the USA in 2010. Of these, nearly a quarter of a million were children and young people under the age of 20 years.
Diabetes Fact #2: Prevalence by type: There are two major types of diabetes.
- Insulin dependent or Type 1 diabetes is caused by insufficient amounts of insulin being produced. Officially, there is no preventative measure for Type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes usually becomes evident in childhood or in young adulthood. It is the most severe type of diabetes.
- In the non-insulin dependant diabetes or Type 2 Diabetes, the body produces insulin, but uses it ineffectively. The non-insulin dependant group is by far the largest group. Approximately 90% of all diabetes sufferers are Type 2 diabetics. Type 2 diabetes occurred traditionally in older people, but the worrying fact now is that younger people and even children are suffering from Type 2 diabetes. The consens now is that Type 2 diabetes occurs predominantly in people with incorrect eating habits, obesity and those who lack exercise.
- A third type of Diabetes is the gestational diabetes. In these cases, blood sugar levels are raised during pregnancy. The blood sugar levels usually revert to normal after the baby is born. Gestational diabetes could be a precursor for developing Type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes Fact #3: There are many millions of diabetics who have never been diagnosed. In USA the figure is estimated at 7 million. In poorer countries, specially if they copy the more industrialized lifestyle, where there are often no facilities for diagnosis or treatment, the numbers could be much higher.
Diabetes Fact #4: Ethnicity does play a role in your chances of suffering from diabetes. In USA the Hispanic Puerto Rican group have the highest prevalence at 13.8% and the non-Hispanic white group the lowest at 7%.
Diabetes Fact #5: Diabetes has many health consequences, especially when blood sugar levels are not kept under control. Diabetic sufferers are very prone to develop the following illnesses if not controlled:
- Heart disease causes more than 50% of premature deaths in diabetic sufferers (WHO)
- High blood pressure is extremely common in overweight Type 2 diabetics.
- Dental and oral problems and fungal infections occur frequently.
- Raised blood sugar levels affect the eyes and might cause blindness.
- Goat and problems with kidney.
- …and the list can go on and on…
Diabetes Fact #6: Diabetes is the number one cause of kidney disease and kidney failure. Almost half of the cases of kidney failure are diabetics. Many of these can end up needing dialysis if sugar is not controlled. Life quality and span are adversely affected.
Diabetes Fact #7: Diabetes causes damage to the nervous system. More than half of all amputations are as a result of diabetes. More than half of all diabetic patients suffer from neuropathy in some form, usually in the limbs. Some of the common symptoms experienced are, pain, numbness, lack of strength or ‘pins and needles’.
Diabetes Fact #8: Treating and living with diabetes, is very costly, both to yourself in terms of lost work, medical expenses and much more, but also to the State in the form of health care and Disability Grants. People suffering from diabetes cost the Government more than twice as much as people without diabetes.
Diabetes Fact #9: Large numbers of diabetes sufferers and complications could have been prevented very simply by:
- maintaining a healthy body weight
- eating a healthy diet with fresh fruit and vegetables and avoiding highly refined, fatty, fried and processed foods, sodas…
- following a regular exercise program
- avoiding tobacco and high alcohol consumption
- early diagnosis (if you then do the things mentioned above)
I think it is good thing to be aware of diabetes facts. Although they can be depressing at first sight, they can also be the motivation to do something different to what we have always done in terms of health.
It is just as important to make up your mind you are not going to be part of these diabetes statistics while you are healthy. Prevention is far better (and cheaper) than cure.
Diabetes facts should act both as a warning and as a motivation for a healthier lifestyle.
Photo: IDF Diabetes Atlas
We are again at this time of year, when everyone seems a bit more aware about diabetes and there are plenty good intentions.
The truth is that many people are honestly and sincerely devoting their time and motivation to make life more bearable for those with diabetes.
I take my hat off to those people. To whom I don’t take my hat off is to the companies or organizations that are apparently promoting (with words and advertising campaigns) the cure of diabetes, but in reality make it impossible for a cure to go public. That strikes me as the worst hypocrisy.
But anyway, I didn’t want to talk about that, but what awaits me in this next “diabetic year”.
It’s funny that just today, the World Diabetes Day I got in touch with a German doctor who claims to have patented a treatment to cure type 1 diabetes.
I have not read much about it yet, but I read the information on his website about the experiments made which resulted in 8 out of 10 people with type 1 diabetes definitively stopped needing insulin after 9 -12 months of treatment.
In this case, this isn’t a treatment with alternative medicines, like the majority of diabetes treatments mentioned on this website, but it’s an allopathic physician using a mixture of 3 medicines that ensures that the individual’s own cells stop attacking his own pancreatic cells, giving the body a chance to rebuild their beta cells if they had ceased to produce them or to continue producing them in case it was still producing beta cells.
I will research more on this, but Prof. Dr. von Arnim, the discoverer of such treatment has told me through his website that he’s doing the necessary to open his praxis in Germany and begin treating patients with his method in 3 to 6 months.
Of course, there are already people trying to discredit him, as in all cases where a doctor or scientist claims that he has discovered the cure for a chronic disease.
But there are other doctors and scientists who are supporting and recognizing his work.
I will tell you more as soon as I get more details.
As you can see, it was the most appropiate day to receive this news and start this year with a lot of motivation!
How is your year 2011-2012 with diabetes going to be? ¿Optimistic or pessimistic? Do you have something to fight for or you prefer to settle with what you have? Let me know with a comment below.
Hi there,
I just wanted to send a quick note to let you know that if you are interested in The 30 Day Diabetes Cure plan or want to know a little bit more about it, they have created 30 days of diabetes-healing giveaways (one for each day of November and each day of The 30 Day Diabetes Cure plan.)
You can sign-up here: http://30daydiabetescure.com
Once you sign-up (for free), each day of november you will receive sneak peeks into corresponding days of The 30 Day Diabetes Cure in your email, so you get an idea of the content of the book before buying it.
They also give away prizes each day, but that is not my point and should not be the reason why you sign up.
If you haven’t heard about this book yet, you can read my review of the 30 day diabetes cure plan.
Throughout the 13 years that I have lived with Type 1 Diabetes, I read a lot about the subject, visited different types of physicians, and tried different diets and alternative treatments.
My research and experience made it clear to me that there are many possible causes for diabetes and, therefore, there are many types of therapies or treatments for it.
I am providing a list of all possible causes (of either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes) that I’ve heard of or read about. Many of them will not be “officially” recognized as causes of diabetes, but if you know me you also know that “official” matters little to me! Since no one seems to know the exact causes, the list is more of a collection of hypotheses of possible causes.
Many doctors and websites say that the main cause of diabetes is the body’s inability to produce insulin or even insulin resistance. In my opinion, these are symptoms, not actual causes.
21 Possible Causes of Diabetes
1. Hereditary: this is one of the main hypotheses for causes of diabetes, which appears to have a consensus among allopathic doctors, naturalists, and scientists. In some countries diabetes may be more prevalent than in others, since several members of one family might have the disease.
The thing about having a hereditary disease is that you don’t know for sure if it will develop; it depends on other factors that trigger the gene that activates diabetes. There are cases of twins, one of them developed diabetes and the other did not. Therefore, if you have a family member who has or had diabetes, you should take care of proper nutrition, exercise, and avoiding stress (or developing good coping mechanisms!) to ensure the lowest chance of developing diabetes.
2. Lifestyle: this is another one of the most acknowledged causes of diabetes. This term refers to the type of life one leads. That is to say the food you eat (your diet), whether or not you exercise, if one has other habits that impact one’s health such as obesity, poor sleep, smoking, drinking alcohol and other habits.
While some say that the food itself (e.g., eating too many sweets) does not cause diabetes directly, they could cause it indirectly. By eating sweets or refined flours one is constantly bombarding one’s pancreas with simple sugars, which pass very quickly into the blood. As a result, the pancreas is constantly strained to keep glucose levels under control. In addition, too much glucose in the blood causes inflammation of internal tissues, which could contribute to causing diabetes or other associated diseases.
Obesity is also directly associated with diabetes. The epidemic levels of cases of diabetes in the world parallel to the increase of obese people. Indeed, it seems clear that today poor nutrition in industrialized societies, the lack of regular exercise, combined with high levels of stress in our daily lives, are causing 50% of humanity to be in worse health than they were 50 or even 100 years ago! Given all the scientific and educational advancements, statistics should be the other way around: people should be in better health.
3. Autoimmune processes: this is a cause mainly associated with Type 1 diabetes.
Insulin-producing cells in the pancreas of people with Type 1 diabetes are destroyed by cells that normally protect us from invading organisms. What triggers this is still not clear, but there is some evidence suggesting that a virus infection or cow’s milk can start the process of the body to attack its own cells.
There seems to be evidence that the pancreatic beta cells (responsible for the production of insulin) have significant inflammation, leading the immune system to create a type of antibody which is responsible for destroying these cells. Others say it’s some kind of virus that directly attacks the beta cells of the pancreas. Still others associate this process to emotional states, as an autoimmune disease is a metaphor for an “allergy to himself,” so continued long-term psychological or emotional issues could cause the problem of self-attack.
4. Environmental factors: in different countries there are different incidence rates of diabetes according to race, climate, diet, latitude, etc. Which makes one suspect that unidentified environmental factors act as predisposing to diabetes. (1)
5. Glucose intolerance: 1/4 of people with glucose intolerance developed diabetes. Some patients‘ intolerance actually experienced it to be reversed. Modifying your diet and adding exercise may slow -or even stop!- the process that leads to diabetes.
Glucose intolerance may last 7 to 10 years before the onset of Type 2 diabetes. The intolerance often goes undiagnosed, until it develops into full-blown diabetes.
6. Stress: there are scientific studies suggesting that depression, general emotional stress, and anxiety (along with sleep disturbances, anger/hostility) are associated with an increased risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.
Stress can cause diabetes because in that state the body produces the adrenaline and cortisol hormones, which result in increased blood sugar. Stress can also cause you to make wrong eating choices. Some scientists believe that stress is the cause of 95% of diseases.
7. Age: a clear fact is that diabetes, especially Type 2, is much more prevalent in adults from the age of forty. The older the age group, the higher the incidence of diabetes. A shocking 80% percent of diabetes cases occur after age 45! This could be because, as a person ages, they become less active and tend to gain weight, causing dysfunction of the pancreas.
8. Virus or illness: some research suggests that viral infections may trigger diabetes in genetically susceptible individuals.
Among the suspected viruses are enteric viruses that attack the intestinal tract. Coxsackie is an enteric virus of particular interest. Epidemics of the coxsackie virus (as well as mumps and congenital rubella) have been associated with the incidence of Type 1 diabetes.
In a scientific study, 73 pancreatic samples of young people who had died from diabetes were examined. The results found that 60% of the organs contained evidence of beta cell infections from entero viruses.
By contrast, researchers barely found any infected beta cells in tissue samples taken from 50 children without diabetes (2).
9. Vaccines: “Currently, vaccines are related to increased cases of allergy (rhinitis, conjunctivitis, asthma, …) and autoimmune diseases (diabetes mellitus or multiple sclerosis). This is because in the people receiving innoculations, the vaccines stimulate a reaction of the defense system (immune system), which then protects one from getting the diseases to which they were vaccinated. While vaccinations can cause allergic reactions and various types of diseases (such as autoimmune), the same alteration of the immune system, can instead cause the immune system to protect us against external aggressors such as bacteria and other kinds of germs. However, this change of the immune system can also result in attacks on our own body, either by producing an excessive response (allergy) or affecting specific organs (diabetes or multiple sclerosis).
It is assumed that vaccines could alter the functioning of the defense system, favoring the emergence of these diseases.”(3)
10. Accident or trauma: a chiropractor and an osteopath I visited a few years ago told me that my diabetes could have been caused by a car accident that I had a year before discovering my diabetes. This might come into play: the strong emotional stress of the moment, the emotional guilt later on, trauma, or blockage of any vertebrae in the backbone through which passes the energy/communication that connects with the pancreas.
11. Parasites in the pancreas: recently I found that research shows that many diabetics have a parasite known as Eurytrema (Eurytrema pancreaticum) or pancreatic fluke.
Through the repeated consumption of beef and derived products (especially when raw or semi raw), the pancreas is continually re-infected with the parasite. It has also been shown that the accumulation of wood alcohol (methanol) in the pancreas provides a good breeding ground for this parasite in the pancreas. Surprisingly, methanol is found in many popular foods, either through packaging or preparation, including water bottled in plastic, cans of soft drinks, artificial sweeteners and even baby formula. “By killing this parasite and removing wood alcohol from the diet, the need for insulin can be cut in half in three weeks (or sooner!).”(4)
12. Poor cellular communication: cellular communication is receiving a lot of attention from many scientific magazines in recent years. As I wrote in another article on glyconutrients and cellular communication, we can not be healthy without good cellular communication. Every cell in every body’s systems needs to constantly communicate to do its job. If this communication is broken or blocked in some way, there will be some organ or tissue that won’t get the necessary nutrients to function properly, and the cell won’t know what is missing or needed.
13. Lack of vitamin D: for years naturopaths have warned about the impact of Vitamin D deficiency. Finally, it seems that this issue is being taken more seriously. After observing more than 5,000 people over 5 years in an ongoing study conducted in Australia, researchers found that those with Vitamin D levels lower than the average, had a 57% higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes than those people with levels in the recommended range.
Previous studies have shown that Vitamin D may also help to keep blood sugar levels under control, helping Vitamin D release more insulin.
Vitamin D has also been associated with reduced risk of asthma, heart disease, and certain forms of cancers.
The main source of Vitamin D is the sun. That is to say that when we’re in the sun we get charged with this vitamin. It is estimated that in some societies, like the United States, 90% of the population is Vitamin D deficient. Some studies are relating this deficiency to the Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes epidemic.
Researchers from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported in May 2004 that Vitamin D improves insulin sensitivity up to 60%! (5)
14. Pregnancy: As with other types of diabetes, the causes of gestational diabetes are unkown. Gestational diabetes may be due to insulin resistance by cells in the body, which is of equal amounts in non-diabetic pregnant women as when they are not pregnant, but in diabetics is found to be three times higher than when not pregnant. The placenta is responsible for providing nutrients and water to the growing fetus, and produces several hormones to maintain pregnancy, which in turn can have a blocking effect or act against insulin (6).
15. Medications: Certain drugs or medications (such as steroids and Dilantin) can raise the blood sugar through a variety of mechanisms. Other medications (such as alloxan, streptozocin, and thiazide diuretics) are toxic to pancreatic beta cells and, thus, may cause diabetes. Clozapine (Clozaril), olanzapine (Zyprexa), risperidone (Risperdal), quetiapine (Seroquel) and ziprasidone (Geodon) are known to induce this lethal disease. (7).
16. Toxins: the results of a research study (“Toxins and Diabetes Mellitus: An Environmental Connection?”) suggests that two environmental toxins, arsenic and dioxin (dibenzo-p-dioxins), may have some association with increased risk of diabetes. It should be noted that the results only indicate a possible link between diabetes and environmental toxins (8).
It is also known that long-term exposure to pesticides may increase the risk of Type 1 diabetes, lupus, and other autoimmune diseases (9).
17. Alcohol: alcohol use disrupts the pancreas and can cause pancreatitis, diabetes, peritonitis, and so on.
18. Infant exposure to cow’s milk: the protein in cow’s milk directly harms the pancreas of some babies by causing a complicated autoimmune reaction where the baby’s own immune system attacks the pancreas. The result will almost always be Type 1 diabetes mellitus. Several clinical studies indicate that children with Type 1 diabetes drank cow’s milk at a younger age than other children without diabetes. (10)
19. Pancreatitis: “Pancreatitis is the inflammation of the pancreas. It occurs when the enzymes that digest food are activated in the pancreas instead of the small intestine. Pancreatitis may be acute or chronic. Acute pancreatitis is very sudden and lasts for a few days while chronic pancreatitis occurs over many years. Chronic pancreatitis has multiple causes and painful symptoms.”(Wikipedia)
20. Hypothyroidism: Hypothyroidism is a condition that affects the thyroid gland. While this causes many complications in itself, hypothyroidism can lead to other health problems, one of them being diabetes. Hypothyroidism is a condition where the thyroid gland does not produce enough hormones to stimulate the metabolism, causing all the body systems to slow down.
When a disease such as hypothyroidism is involved, the pancreas decreases its ability to convert blood sugar into energy. This complication can lead to diabetes.
21. Polycystic ovary syndrome: Polycystic ovary syndrome is a disorder that affects up to 10% of women in the age of fertility.
Common symptoms include infertility, menstrual irregularities, obesity, excess facial and body hair. Up to 10% of women with POS develop Type 2 diabetes at 40 years and more than half of women with POS will develop both Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes at that age. (11)
22. Gluten intolerance (Celiac disease): between 5 and 10% of people with type 1 diabetes also have gluten intolerance, although many do not know. In fact gluten intolerance may be what is causing their diabetes, especially in young children and if you act fast and find to have celiac disease, go to a gluten-free diet as soon as possible. It could stop and even reverse the process of diabetes (or at least use less drugs, insulin …) Therefore, ask your doctor to take a test of gluten intolerance as soon as possible after having been diagnosed type 1 diabetes (it also works if a long time passed by, but the reversal of diabetes could be easier the sooner you know it and act on it), especially if there’s family history with diabetes or celiac disease.
As you can see, there are many possible causes of diabetes, some with more scientific rigor, others less, but even if there was only one person whose diabetes was caused by one of the hypotheses mentioned above, it is worth mentioning and studying. At the end of the day, not just large study groups have value; each of us is important and worth to consider the cause(s) or optional treatment(s) of the disease in each case.
Chances are that in most cases several factors combine to cause diabetes.
So, my questions to you are:
Did any of these causes speak directly to your gut?
What will you do with the information/statistics/data you just read?
Are you going to try to find the most likely cause of your diabetes?
Are you going to seek a remedy to that cause?
Please share your ideas below.
Sources:
(1)http://www.hormone.org/diabetes_symptoms.cfm
(2)http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/03/05/us-diabetes-viruses-idUSTRE5246GM20090305
(3)http://www.naturalnews.com/023902.html
(4)http://www.drclark.net/en/drclark_protocol/illnesses/diabetes.php
(5)http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/27/us-vitamind-diabetes-idUSTRE73Q6VH20110427
(6)http://www.babycenter.com/0_gestational-diabetes_2058.bc
(7)http://visionmissionfoundation.org/cause_of_diabetes.htm
(8)http://spectrum.diabetesjournals.org/content/15/2/109.full
(9)http://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/Blog/Flashpoints/diabetes_the_toxin_connection/
(10)http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajmg.10340/full
(11)http://www.health.com/health/condition-article/0,,20187970,00.html
As a follow up to my recent blog post “The 30 Day Diabetes Cure Review” I wanted to give some extra insight into what can you expect from this book and from this diet/plan.
Therefore, I asked someone in the sales team of this book if I could use some of the information revealed in the book in my blog. They agreed, so here you have and overview of what to expect from Dr. Ripich’s diabetes cure plan (I write it literally as it appears in the book.)
I hope this encourage you, as it did with me, to give it a try. There’s a lot to win and nothing to lose.
The 30-Day Diabetes Cure Structure:
PHASE ONE: Blood Sugar “Boot Camp”
“This is the strictest stage of the plan. During the first 10 days, you‘re going to go “cold turkey” off all the diabetes-causing foods, beverages, and bad habits that have been making you sick and threatening your life.
For the next 10 days you won’t be consuming any sodas, sugary beverages, fruit juice, candy, or refined carbohydrates (including breakfast cereals, chips, cookies, ice cream, and energy bars). You’ll also abstain from bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, whole grains, and baked goods. No beer, wine, or alcohol of any kind. You won’t even eat any fruit. And you’ll eat no restaurant meals of any kind.
Before you freak out, know that you will be eating three regular meals a day, plus two healthy snacks (whether you feel like having them or not!). I want to reassure you that you’ll never feel hungry during this initial period — or ever on The 30-Day Diabetes Cure.
You’ll be enjoying a satisfying variety of delicious and filling foods; from meat, fish, and poultry to dairy, eggs, veggies, and cheese. Plus, your withdrawal from the diabetes-causing foods will be gradual over the next 10 days and you’ll be able to reintroduce many foods (though not all of them) in Phase Two.
During Phase One, you’ll also re-learn an essential skill, one you were born with: how to distinguish between true hunger and mere appetite, the latter being a psychological desire for certain tastes.
If the cold-turkey approach to quitting certain foods seems harsh, let me explain why my patients and I have found this to be the quickest, most effective way to halt the progression of diabetes and start reversing it:
Cutting back just doesn’t work. Study after study shows that gradual withdrawal from cigarette smoking, alcohol dependency, and other drug addictions just doesn’t work. The same is true for food addictions — and that’s basically what people with diabetes and blood sugar irregularities have developed over the course of their lives. “Cutting back” is like giving a hungry wild cheetah a can of cat food. This only aggravates the animal’s hunger, driving it to kill and eat anything it encounters. Your eating habits, along with the particular tastes, appetites, and desires you’ve developed over a lifetime of consuming food, are not unlike this ravenous animal, and they aren’t swiftly changed by gradual withdrawal.
Imagine asking a heroin addict to limit himself to just one injection every 24 hours. Or allowing an alcoholic just one drink a day. Try telling a lifelong smoker she can have just one cigarette every 24 hours. It’s impossible to succeed this way because consuming smaller amounts of any troubling substance simply feeds the desire for more of it.
Think about eating just one potato chip. Remember the advertising campaign “Bet you can’t eat just one”? I absolutely don’t want to set you up for failure — a sure thing with any slow withdrawal method — because it can lead to feelings of guilt, low self-esteem, and “justification” for quitting the program entirely.
In the long run, it takes far more willpower to limit your consumption of these disease-causing foods every day than to simply say “absolutely no” to them.
Your body needs time to recondition. We human beings are creatures of habit. And the older we get, the stronger these habits become — sometimes taking on a life of their own. If you’re accustomed to curling up on the couch and munching an after-dinner snack while watching TV, your mind and body will come to expect this night after night. Many of our urges and habits are triggered by our subconscious and we generally obey them without question.
Saying no to the list of diabetes-causing foods for the next 10 days will break one of your enduring habituated patterns. It will also weaken your dependency on (and sometimes even an addiction to) certain strong flavors, whether it’s sweet, salty, greasy, gooey, or alcoholic. While it may be challenging for the first few days, these bad patterns will diminish relatively quickly. With determination and commitment during these initial days, you’ll find yourself in charge of your subconscious habits and urges, instead of the other way around. And like many of my patients who have worked with this plan, you’ll discover this gives you tremendous confidence to keep moving forward.
Most importantly, Phase One will change you internally. That’s because every night, during the eight hours you sleep, your body’s biochemistry becomes a clean slate, returning to what we call “baseline.” It’s as though every morning you’re given a new chance. Your goal in Phase One will be to maintain this baseline state by keeping taboo foods out of your system.
You’ll break the vicious “carbohydrate craving” cycle. Eating bad carbs creates the desire for more, and by eating more, you continue the cycle over and over, like an endless feedback loop. This isn’t just a psychological phenomenon. It’s actually very physical. You see, when you eat a food that quickly breaks down into glucose — as all simple carbohydrates do — your pancreas triggers an insulin spike to quickly remove the sugar from your bloodstream. So, first you get a jolt of energy from simple carbs, but this is followed by an equally strong valley of fatigue … and hunger all over again as your bloodstream and brain chemicals actually crave more carbohydrates.
Your blood sugar will normalize. Cutting out these bad carbs during Phase One will relax the near-constant demand you’ve been placing on your pancreas. This means its insulin-producing beta cells can take a much-deserved vacation from being overworked. Quitting simple carbs will also re-sensitize your cells to insulin so they’ll need less of it — even if you have Type 1 and take insulin injections. If you have Type 2, this re-sensitization will start to reverse the insulin resistance in your cells. And that means your doctor can lower your dose of medication.
You’ll lose weight without trying. Before Phase One, when you fed your body all that glucose in the form of simple carbs, your body couldn’t use it all. Anything extra was turned into fat and stored on your belly and hips. Eliminating bad carbs from your diet will not only halt the fat-storage process, but can reverse it. Without a constant supply of glucose-producing foods, your fat cells will be forced to release their contents back into the bloodstream, where they’re reconverted into fuel for energy. That’s why, by the end of Phase One, many people on The 30-Day Diabetes Cure experience a loss of between two and six pounds. And that’s without dieting.
You’ll be surprised how quickly these 10 days move along. And while the first few days may seem challenging, once you get beyond them the rest of The 30-Day Diabetes Cure is relatively easy. As your food cravings drop away, everything gets a lot easier.
During these first few days, if the going gets tough I urge you to return to this chapter and re-read the description and benefits of Phase One. It will remind you of the importance of these first 10 days and firm up your resolve.
PHASE TWO: Inside the Bubble
Phase two is a bit like being a newborn in an incubator, where you’re relatively safe from temptations and distractions that can undermine your progress.
Once you’re able to eliminate your cravings for bad carbs and other diabetes-provoking foods, you’ll gradually reintroduce many of the foods you’ve come to enjoy — but in healthier versions. You’ll be able to eat bread and baked goods … pasta … pizza … potatoes … rice … fruit … dessert … and even alcohol in moderation. But no restaurant food just yet.
The goal of Phase Two is to re-educate your taste buds so you actually enjoy and desire meals and foods that heal your diabetes. With our menu selections, this shouldn’t even be a challenge. All meals are based on the flavorful, brilliantly-colored Mediterranean Diet, perhaps the healthiest way of eating on earth. The emphasis in on plenty of fresh produce, including the most luscious vegetables; tummy-filling whole grains, beans, and legumes; succulent fish and healthy meats; flavorful olive oil and monounsaturated fats; heavenly nuts and fruit; and moderate amounts of fresh eggs and dairy foods.
Phase Two will also introduce you to the specific vitamins and supplements that have been shown to be especially helpful for people with blood sugar problems.
Finally, because uncontrolled stress is particularly bad for people with diabetes, you’ll discover how to de-stress your nervous system and de-activate the hormones cortisol and adrenaline, which actually push your blood sugar to dangerously high levels.
You’ll also notice an acceleration in your weight-loss. By the end of Phase Two, most people lose between eight and 15 pounds — again, without even thinking about dieting or losing weight loss. If you’re like my other patients who’ve employed this plan, you’ll begin to notice that your clothes fit better. In fact, at this point many people are able to slip into outfits they haven’t been able to wear for years.
But more importantly, your weight loss is confirmation that you’re well on your way to reversing Type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance. In addition to losing weight, people who have Type 1 should be able to significantly reduce their insulin dosage (with their doctor’s permission, of course).
PHASE THREE: Ready for the Outside World
After 20 days on The 30-Day Diabetes Cure, you’ll be ready for the real test: The outside world and its relentless enticements to eat and drink as you once did. After spending almost three weeks inside a “bubble” of protection while you learned to replace the foods and beverages that harmed your body with those that can help and heal it, you’ll be well prepared to snub the seductions.
During Phase Three, you’ll learn how to conquer the biggest temptations a person with blood sugar irregularities must face. You’ll discover proven strategies for surviving dinner parties, restaurants, travel, gas stations, airports, the food court at the mall — and even fast-food menus. Remember those two daily snacks? They’re an integral part of moving into Phase Three.
Think of this as your “advanced training.” You’ll gain valuable insights into the subtle ways some people sabotage their progress so you can avoid these pitfalls altogether. You’ll learn how to identify where to find friendly support for your new mission. You’ll read about special nutritional supplements that can help elevate you to the next level of natural glucose management — and possibly even support and repair your damaged beta cells. And you’ll see how easy it can be to add more lean muscle to your physique, which will help your body utilize insulin much more efficiently.
Meet the New “You!”
In just 30 short days, you’re going to transform your mind, your body, and your biochemistry. You’ll go from being sick, feeling tired all the time, and relying on multiple medications … to being a “younger,” stronger, leaner, healthier, and more energetic human being. How will you change? Let me count the ways …
- Right off the bat, starting with Day One, this program begins to reverse your cells’ insulin resistance, the root cause of Type 2 diabetes.
- You’ll discover a wide variety of delicious foods and non-strenuous physical activities that actually increase your cells’ sensitivity to insulin.
- Your pancreas won’t be flogged into producing as much insulin — and this alone will protect the health and longevity of your beta cells, as well as your entire body.
- This improvement naturally leads to weight loss as your cells begin to empty out their stored fat, using it for energy.
- Less sugary glucose in your arteries means they won’t be so inflamed (the number-one way heart disease develops). And by consuming more antioxidant-rich foods and supplements, you’ll begin to heal the damage that past inflammation has caused. Result? In addition to healing your diabetes and insulin resistance, you’ll also be reversing the process of heart disease … Alzheimer’s … and quite possibly cancer at the same time.
- Less fat in your bloodstream will make your blood platelets less sticky, which can dramatically improve your circulation. At this point, more oxygen-rich blood and nutrients are reaching the tiny capillaries in your eyes, your brain, and your extremities. All of this greatly reduces the underlying problems that lead to the most horrific complications of diabetes — vision loss, dementia, and Alzheimer’s, plus the horrible amputations that are so common when insulin and glucose are out-of-control.
- Better circulation and nutrition also means more energy gets delivered to all parts of your body. As a result, you’ll feel better … have more energy … and find you’re more lighthearted because the “happiness neurotransmitters” in your brain will be getting fed.
Bingo! In a relatively short time, your metabolism will be acting “normal” again, just as long as you don’t go back to the crazy foods and lifestyle that triggered your disease in the first place. It’s actually that simple and straightforward.
And It Really Works!
Day by day — —in a simple, systematic way –— you’ll remove the diabetes-causing substances and habits that threaten your life and happiness. And, one by one, you’ll replace them the life-affirming foods and behaviors that can repair, regenerate, and revitalize your entire being from head to toe.
By the end of my program, you may not be completely free of diabetes — but you will be well on your way and absolutely grounded in the Diabetes Healing Lifestyle that can conquer Type 2 and reverse insulin resistance, while normalizing your blood sugar and hormone balance.
Those of you with Type 1 should find your need for supplemental insulin significantly reduced as your body becomes better able to utilize insulin. Best of all, your risk of nasty diabetic complications will be dramatically reduced.
What If You Slip Up?
I’ve planned for that, too. We’re only human, after all, and sometimes we fall back into old habits. If this happens to you, you’ll quickly recognize you’re in trouble by the junky stuff you’re eating again … by the tired, half-sick way you feel … and by the pounds and inches creeping back on your body.
Should the slip occur, just go back to Phase One and start with the first day. It will be easier this time, because you’ve already followed my plan once. Stay there as long as you like, but at least until you get things back under control.
Keep in close touch with your doctor. If you fall off the wagon for a lengthy period, you may need help with medications temporarily until you can regain your balance.
But keep in mind that you will never, ever be able to return to the lifestyle that upset your blood chemistry in the first place and damaged the beta cells in your pancreas as a result. The 30-Day Diabetes Cure is not a magic bullet that allows you to go back to a life of junk food, sodas, and rich desserts. That path will always lead to diabetes and other serious health complications.
More than anything, The 30-Day Diabetes Cure is a lifestyle, not a temporary fix. As they say at Alcoholics Anonymous: “It works if you work it.” So work it, friends. I have every confidence you can.
Make Your Doctor Your Partner in This
I strongly urge you to seek your doctor’s help and support in implementing this program — especially if you’re on any medication. Never discontinue any medicines without your doctor’s approval. If you’re self-administering insulin, your blood sugar reading will be your best guide as to the dose you need. But always advise your physician of your progress.
Many doctors are skeptical of the power of natural healing, nutrition, and lifestyle modifications, so be sure to explain everything you’re attempting on The 30-Day Diabetes Cure to your physician. Your success could open his or her mind and perhaps even trigger a significant change in the way your doctor treats diabetes as a result. (Wouldn’t that be nice?)
Occasionally, you’ll encounter a physician whose beliefs are so rigid that he/she refuses to entertain any unconventional therapies. If this describes your doctor, you may want to reconsider whether this clinician is right for you.
Always remember: Your doctor works for you — not the other way around. If your physician isn’t supportive and cooperative, find one who is. Modern medicine is changing rapidly, so it shouldn’t be difficult to locate a physician or health practitioner who is willing to incorporate new ideas, as long as they aren’t dangerous (or nutty).
In fact, the reverse is often true. Many doctors are excited when their patients make a commitment to getting well using steps like the ones in my plan. The truth is, physicians just don’t see that many patients who want to try. Imagine how depressing it is to try to save the lives of patients who won’t lift a finger to save themselves. In many cases, doctors have to fight just to get a patient to take his or her medications. No wonder they get so discouraged.
You’ll Be a Hero to Everyone around You
But you’re not that kind of patient. You’re going to be a “diabetes warrior.” You’re going to fight for your health as if you’re life depends on it (because it does!). You’re going to turn your condition around, starting tomorrow on Day 1 of The 30-Day Diabetes Cure. You’re going to inspire your doctor and your friends by your example. You’re going to be the poster child for self-healing. Are you smiling at the prospect?
You’re also going to declare your independence from the greedy corporations that run the food, insurance, and advertising industries, as well as our corrupt medical system. And in doing so, you’re going to help change the world.
You’ve already read in Chapter One about the numerous studies that prove the effectiveness and superiority of simple lifestyle modifications over drug therapy. As I’ve said before, the deck is stacked against you. Everyone will be pushing diabetes drugs on you, including TV ads, the ADA, your local pharmacy, and, most likely, your doctor.
Corporations — especially drug companies and food manufacturers — are counting on Americans to take the lazy way out. They don’t believe we’re strong enough to take real responsibility for ourselves. They’ve watched us go soft in just two generations, and they don’t believe we’ve got the grit to resist their junky foods, insipid television programs, heavy-handed politics, and their sneaky undermining of democracy and our individual freedoms. This is your opportunity to prove them wrong.
This Is Also Your Chance to Take Back Your Power
Diabetes isn’t a contagious virus you catch. It isn’t a genetic aberration (except in the case of Type 1, and new research is beginning to cast doubt on this theory). And it isn’t some unpredictable accident, like a car crash or falling off a ladder.
Rather, 95% of all diabetes is something we give to ourselves. It doesn’t begin in your blood or pancreas. Diabetes begins in your mind. And that’s also where the real cure resides.
There is no doctor, drug, or treatment that has more power over this disease than you do. Saving your life requires changing your life. It means taking the next step up the stairway of evolved thinking and discovering a smarter, stronger, happier, and healthier you. It’s like the line in the Bob Dylan song: “Them not busy being born are busy dying.”
You’re never too old to get better. So let’s get started…”
Here you can get more infos and watch videos and testimonials about The 30 Day Diabetes Cure Book
On my last post, I wrote my personal review of Dr. Ripich’s “The 30 Day Diabetes Cure” book.
Now, I forgot to mention some things that I think may be of interest for you as well.
Besides the great content and information shared in the book, you also get a CD for free with 7 Special Reports PDFs with further related information:
- Dangers of diabetes drugs: What they are not telling you about today’s bestselling diabetes medications
- Deadly diabetes lies: How you are being misled about the world’s #1 health crisis
- Dodging complications: The test and remedies you need to avoid the deadly complications of diabetes
- Healing your pancreas: “TLC” for the most important organ in a diabetic patient’s body
- Mistakes doctors make: How and why current treatments are ineffective and dangerous
- Diabetes healing with yoga
- Diabetes healing recipies: “Meals that heal” including the top diabetes healing superfoods
I must confess that I haven’t read them all, since I wanted to start with the book and digg deep into it. There’s so much helpful information that I couldn’t make the time to read all these extra reports.
But I’m looking forward to having some time to go through them and learning even more how diabetes is affecting me and what can I do improve and or reverse my diabetes.
Update July 4, 2011: I added a new post about how Dr. Ripich’s diabetes cure plan works (extracted from the book, with permission of course)
In my nearly 13 years with type 1 diabetes I’ve tried many things, diets, therapies … without total success (which does not mean they couldn’t work for others.) I am convinced that each of us is different and what works for you may not work for another and vice versa.
But my recent researches are leading me toward something that seems to be common to all, as it is on the biological basis of our body as a human species.
I mean the glyconutrients.
Many scientists believe that research on glyconutrients is the greatest advance in health and nutrition.
Science, the world’s most popular magazine for researchers and scientists, dedicated one of his runs entirely on educating the medical and scientific community about Glyconutrients, Glycobiology and glycoscience (March 23, 2001 issue: Carbohydrates and Glycobiology)
It also demonstrates the importance of the fact that 4 out of the last 9 Nobel laureates in medicine have been associated with cell communication and its importance to our health. As we shall see, the main function of glyconutrients is enabling and improving cellular communication.
MIT Research Institute cited the 10 new technologies that will change the world, being the first in the list glyconutrients, that is, the study of sugars.
What are glyconutrients?
They are the most important discovery in the last 100 years for your immune system. Some scientists go even further by proclaiming that it is the most important discovery in the history of medicine: the secret to a long and healthy life.
The Glyconutrients are vegetal carbohydrates (monosaccharides). There are over 200 carbohydrates or sugars but only 8 are essential for the functioning of the body.
The main function of these special carbohydrates is not to be used by the body to generate energy (as is normal in carbohydrates), but for other uses way more specialized and important.
These 8 saccharides are: D-Glucose, D-galactose, D-Mannose, L-Fucose, N-acetylgalactosamine, N-acetylglucosamine, N-acetylneuraminic acid and Xylose.
Scientists believe that the main role of glyconutrients in the human body is to create glycoproteins for cellular communication. Every cell in all body systems (immune system cells, cells of the digestive system, nervous system cells …) need to communicate constantly to do its job.
The problem is that without good cellular communication, we can’t be healthy. In other words, to be healthy, we need optimal cellular communication.
Worst of all, in my opinion, is that we can’t (or it is hard) get these 8 carbohydrates from food the way Nature (or God, as you wish to put it) put them at our disposal.
Scientists say that the typical modern diet is highly deficient in 6 of 8 saccharides that the body needs to create glycoproteins.
Fresh fruits and vegetables we buy today have few glyconutrients (or any nutritional value at all) because they are usually grown in nutrient-deficient soil, collected from the tree before natural ripening, are irrigated with pesticides, are stored for days, weeks or months, cooked, frozen, processed, pasteurized, genetically modified … Cooking and processing food eliminates further glyconutrients.
For example, tomato, after going through the whole process from planting to our table, has just 2.39% of their original nutrient content (here’s a little hint for us to start eating more ecological vegetables and fruits from our area).
Glyconutrients and Degenerative Diseases
While our food has been declining nutrients, a number of diseases such as autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic degenerative diseases have increased at an alarming rate even at young ages.
There is more and more evidence that these diseases are caused by a single deficiency in the diet: glyconutrients. Among the nutrients that are missing from our diet, are also antioxidants, which help control free radicals and support our body to deal with toxins.
The scientific evidence makes clear that if your body suffers from an autoimmune system disorder or a degenerative condition, can benefit greatly from the 8 essential glyconutrients. They help the body to exercise his incredible ability to heal, repair, regenerate, regulate and protect itself by giving the raw material is already preprogrammed for use.
Some scientific studies were carried out to test the effect of adding glyconutrients to the diet (with supplements), and tests showed significant improvements in health.
Role of Glyconutrients
Glyconutrients are not focused on a single body system or organ, but on improving the health of the entire body. Therefore, do not look at the glyconutrients as a cure or solution for a given health problem (that’s what drugs from the pharmacy do, if anything). They are rather the essential nutrient that the body needs for optimal general health.
No matter how good (or bad) allopathic medicine could be, it has no answer or solution to the alarming increase of autoimmune diseases, cancers and degenerative diseases in western societies. Time will tell whether glyconutrients will soon be part of standard medical care for these diseases or if the pharmaceutical industry is also going to want to delay as much as possible their use in health centers and hospitals. In any case, it would be a paradigm shift, as it would treat the root of the problems instead of symptoms, and unfortunately I do not see the medical community ready for this yet.
The responsibility for our health is only ours.
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I liked it so much that I registered as a distributor of the product, since I have the opportunity to help many people through this website.
If you are interested in this product you can contact me directly by sending an email to info @ healing-diabetes . com (remove the spaces before and after the @ and the dot. I put this to prevent spam)
A new case of successful stem cell therapy to cure diabetes type 1 and type 2. This time in China, carried out with people, not animals. Are we closer to find a cure for everyone? What do we, patients with diabetes, relatives and friends worldwide must do to make pharmaceutical companies and governments to take our lives seriously and to let us heal?
Cellonis Diabetes Stem Cell Therapy: A Chance for Insulin Independence and the Reversal of Complications
The second link is a video of a doctor who worked many years for Eli Lilly & Co., one of the largest manufacturers of insulin and pills for people with diabetes, in which he speaks of how dirty and corrupt the health-system is, and how naive and gullible we are all to obey doctors/pharmacists without questioning.
Videos of Dr. John Virapen about corruption in the pharmaceutical industry, governments and doctors:
Video 1
Video 2
Video 3
It seems that good news are spreading lately, or at least hopeful news, for those who have diabetes.
I am posting a link to a story about an experiment in mice that cured 50% of the critters with a single injection, which caused his immune system to cease the attack on its own pancreatic cells.
With so many successful experiments of type 1 diabetes cure, I can’t believe that there is no treatment available on the market yet.
Sciencedaily.com: Success in reversing type 1 diabetes in mice
And another link to a video on an insulin pump to make daily life easier to those who want to carry it. Worth seeing and thinking about using one: Living without injections
Are you using an insulin pump? How does that affect your life?: Please, share it with a comment.
Today I want to share with you some of the plants or foods that I have recently learned help improve the health of diabetics, or even help cure diabetes.
Yacon (Peruvian ground apple)
Yacon is a root vegetable grown in Peru that has some fabulous properties for diabetics.
Yacon root is the edible part of the tuber and is composed mostly of water and fructo-oligosaccharides (carbohydrates metabolized by the digestive system). That means it has a sweet taste but in doesn’t cause blood sugar to rise due to the type of carbohydrates it contains.
Its hypoglycemic action makes it an ideal food for diabetics.
In addition, fructo-oligosaccharides act as probiotics to improve gastrointestinal health, the immune system and to prevent the development of various diseases.
Thanks to the bifidobacteria stimulated by the consumption of yacon, fewer toxin are created and therefore there is a lower risk of colon cancer.
Yacon leaves also have medicinal properties, since taking an infusion or tea of yacon leaves stimulates the pancreas and lowers blood glucose levels.
It seems that the root of yacon is hard to find as such, but more and more health food stores and tea shops are offering teas or other products made from this root.
Silymarin
Silibinin, also known as silybin, is the major active constituent of silymarin, the mixture of flavonolignans extracted from milk thistle, one of the most powerful and protective substances known.
The most prominent effect of silymarin on the liver seems to be its ability to stimulate protein synthesis. This supports the liver’s ability to replace damaged cells with new ones. It is also interesting to know that silymarin does not have the same stimulating effect on malignant tissue.
This substance has a strong antioxidant effect.
Silymarin accelerates the recovery of liver inflammation caused by viruses, drugs and toxic substances. Its cellular regeneration action is so powerful that it has managed to heal livers of cirrhosis. It can prevent the formation of gallstones and lower cholesterol levels in bile.
“It can help people with type 2 diabetes to control their glucose levels and reduce the level of glycation. In a study related to diabetes it was found that after four months at a dose of 200 milligrams of silymarin three times a day, Type 2 diabetes patients achieved a considerable reduction in their levels of blood glucose. There were also significant reductions in other measures such as glycosylated hemoglobin, total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol (the so-called ‘bad cholesterol’) and triglycerides.”
Dr. Claudia Angélica Soto Peredo found that SILYMARIN:
- Regenerates ß-cells, (beta), which produce insulin in the pancreas
- Restores the normal gradient of blood glucose, lowers blood sugar
- Makes cells permeable to insulin again
This implies that the silymarin can improve all types of diabetes.
This revolutionary discovery earned her the award Canifarma 2003.
Neem (Azadirachta indica)
Among the thousands of plants used in ayurvedic medicine, one in particular has aroused interest in studying its traditional uses, verify them and magnifying them. the plant is named Neem. Neem has now emerged as not only “The Village Pharmacy,” as the Indians call it, but also as a wonder plant for today and of the future.
Compounds found in the seeds, bark and leaves have been tested as being antiseptic, fever reducing, anti-inflammatory, antiviral and antifungal. The effectiveness of neem has been demonstrated many times.
One outcome of its application in diabetic patients was that oral doses of neem leaf extract reduced the insulin needs between 30 and 50% for patients with type I diabetes.
Based on the many existing studies of the effects of neem to reduce the need for insulin, the Indian government approved the sale of neem tablets for use by diabetics (some of these products are just crushed neem leaves).
I hope this information will be useful for someone. As always, if anyone has had any experience taking these substances, a comment would be appreciated so that others can benefit from your experience.
Sigue leyendo Yacon, Silymarin and Neem: allies against diabetes
Who knew that microbes can protect us from disease? This is the conclusion reached after a group of scientists experimented with mice by exposing to common stomach bacteria. The result was that these mice were protected against the development of type 1 diabetes.
These findings support the “hygiene hypothesis,” which refers to the lack of exposure to parasites, bacteria and viruses in developed countries leading to an increased risk of diseases like allergies, asthma and other immune system problems.
Many people don’t know that type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that occurs because the immune system cells mistakenly attack the pancreas that produces insulin. In type 1 diabetes the pancreas does not fail, but the immune system does.
One wouldn’t think that symptoms such as allergies or asthma have anything to do with diabetes. In fact, all are linked with immune system problems (I myself have both diabetes and allergies, which tells me that the main issue with my body is my immune system).
Some experts believe that the incidence of many allergies and autoimmune diseases has doubled, tripled and even quadrupled in recent decades. Many researchers suspect that modern life is the cause of that increase, which seems to happen mainly in developed countries of Europe and in the U.S. These diseases just start to show up in other countries as they develop.
The immune system fights against invaders with two defensive lines:
- T1 lymphocytes, white blood cells that directly attack the infected cells, and
- T2 lymphocytes, white blood cells that produce antibodies that seek to block dangerous microbes that want to invade cells.
At birth, a baby’s immune system basically uses the T2 cell system to stay healthy. But the “Hygiene Hypothesis” suggests that the T1 cell system develops only with practice, either by fighting infections or through encounters with certain harmless microbes. Without this stimulation, the T2 cell system flourishes and the immune system tends to react more frequently with allergic responses.
That means that if a child grows up in an environment full of antibacterial soaps, lotions, cleansers, if s/he is given antibiotics that kill all bacteria, good and bad, of the stomach, and is kept away from the natural dirt, germs and viruses of childhood, that child won’t be able to create a resistance to disease and is vulnerable to develop those diseases later in his life.
That’s what happened to the mice in the study, when they were grown in germ-free environments they lacked beneficial bacteria in the intestines and developed type 1 diabetes. Only when mice were exposed to bacteria normally found in human intestines were they less likely to develop diabetes.
The best environment has a little dirt.
There is a misconception that a healthy home is one that has been disinfected from floor to ceiling. In fact, a healthy home is one that allows a bit of dirt. Otherwise, when you leave this sterile environment and get in contact with other environments (such as a grocery store), your body will overreact or won’t even know what hit it.
That is precisely the reason why children raised on farms have a lower risk of suffering from allergies and asthma.
So if we want to reduce our risk (and that of our children) from getting any kind of immune system disorders, from allergies to diabetes, we must learn to live in harmony with a little dirt.
Some tips on how to do it:
- Let your child be a child. Let him play outside and get dirty (and do it together from time to time)
- Do not use antibacterial soap (plain soap and water is all it takes)
- Serve organic and local, antibiotic free meat
- Avoid antibiotics unless absolutely necessary
- Introduce more benign bacteria in the stomach by eating naturally fermented foods
And I wonder: wouldn’t all of the vaccines and shots that we get to our children to “prevent” simple colds or flu and other symptoms also affect our immune systems, making them weaker and without resources to protect us?
What do you think about it?
If you want to read the original article you can find it here: www.mercola.com
And here you can find a full list of possible diabetes causes (21 in total!)
Today I’ll touch on something that everyone knows should do, but few put into practice: exercise.
In particular, this time I write for type 2 diabetics, who are increasingly suffering the consequences of this disease, knowing that the cure for diabetes is in their hands, or rather, in their mouths and their legs. Anyone who has doubts about the judgments of “incurable” and “life-long disease” offered by insensitive doctors when they tell us that we have diabetes, may have noticed that type 2 diabetes cure is possible. And the two pillars to sustain the cure naturally are starting a healthy diet (to cure the disease, instead of keeping it) and physical exercise / sport.
It is crystal clear: allopathic doctors are telling us, natural therapists recommend it to us, and any blog or website related to diabetes also suggests it. For a diabetic, exercising or practicing sports should be as important as the air we breathe.
Then, why do so few people do it? I think it’s for two reasons:
- not understanding of how your body works, and
- lack of motivation.
The former is easy to fix. Just search on Google (or another search engine you prefer, if that’s possible 
) for how exercise affects diabetes, how it improves your health, the relationship between exercise and insulin, the overall benefits to the body… When you learn about what benefits your body, it is difficult to continue doing the opposite and have a clear conscience (which is why many do not want to even learn about their bodies, to avoid having to confront their consciences).
Lack of motivation is a little harder to fix, because it is supposed to start inside oneself, and if it doesn’t, one can’t get it. That is, either I have the motivation or I don’t.
Right now I can think of two ways to increase motivation to exercise regularly (preferably 3 or 4 times per week):
- On the one hand you can increase motivation by implementing the first point, that is, getting information about what is good for your body and what harms it. That alone should be enough to keep you motivated and willing to be regular in your exercising habits.
- On the other hand, you can use “tricks” to make you want to spend time outdoors walking, running or doing any physical activity that you like.
What excuses do you have for not exercising?
I will explain my case. I hated running (although I love sports like tennis, soccer and many other sports). I couldn’t get motivation to go out running by myself and the time I dedicated to it felt like a lifetime. Then, on my last birthday, my big brother gave me an iPod (thanks bro!). I thought I could use the time while I’m running to listen to some music, or better yet (in my case) to hear interviews with successful people in their fields, so I’d learn a lot. And you could even learn a second language listening to podcasts. Now, I’m looking forward to my time exercising, because it is a time of learning and enjoyment.
As you can see you just have to use a little bit of imagination. To those of you who are too lazy to go for a walk or run, I suggest you buy an MP3 player that you can take with you (and there are some really cheap ones) and listen to something that you like a lot, whether it is a particular radio station, your favorite music, a Spanish course or any other language, sales courses, marketing, personal development… All this can be found on the Internet, and many sites offer resources for free.
I hope you find your motivation to hit the streets or the park or the gym and start giving your body what it needs.
PS: There are no excuses for not walking or running, and if you don’t believe it, look at the picture of this athlete.
Help other people who read this blog to motivate themselves by explaining:
What is your personal experience of motivation for exercising? How did you get it?
If you are looking for tips & tricks to get you motivated and do your regular exercise, “The 30 Day Diabetes Cure” book is a great source.
Well, it seems that finally the film/documentary “Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days” is available.
This documentary shows a group of 6 people who were chosen to spend a month among experts in natural medicine and raw foods to try to improve or reverse the diabetes that each of them had been suffering for years.
To do this, they had to completely change their diets. Some went from eating just hamburgers to a completely vegan diet, organic and raw, to reverse diabetes without drugs.
In this film, 91 minutes long, you can see how each of the participants transforms, both physically and emotionally, a transformation that is closely followed and monitored by Dr. Gabriel Cousens (known holistic physician and authority in alternative healing) in the Tree of Life Center in Arizona.
The film’s message is that this diet (the original medicine of nature) may reverse diabetes and improve the quality of life of many people.
Please leave your opinions and comments about the film if you have watched it.
You can get all the information here: www.rawfor30days.com
This time I have a recommendation for everyone! I’m talking about the Raw For Life DVDs. If you have heard about the Raw For 30 Days film documentary that is comming up in Spring 2008, you probably know that these guys have just (in November) lounched a 2 DVD pack where they gather lots of information about the Raw Food.
I bought the DVDs from their website, I received it three days ago, and I watched them all in once one night. Wow, they have done a great job! In the DVDs they present the raw food diet as the healthiest of choices if you have consideration about your body and your health. Since I have been on a raw food diet for 5 months now, I can tell you that it has helped a lot reducing the amount of insulin needed due to my diabetes type I. As I already said on some other post, I have reduced about 75 % the insulin, and some other health issues I had have just disappeared.
Specially for people with diabetes, either diabetes type I or diabetes type II, they will find these DVDs a tremendous HOPE, since there is a whole chapter about Diabetes and how it can be reversed and healed. In fact, the guy presenting the DVDs had diabetes type I and he’s been now 1 and a half year insulin free thanks to this diet. Other special chapters talk about Weight reduction, Rejuvenation and Longevity, Optimal athletic performance, Health and wellness, Detox and cleansing, Nutrition, Spiritual aspects, recipies as well as how to start out on a raw food diet.
I find they present all this information very clear, understandable for everyone, but at the same time very professional, including interviews to 30 celebrities and worldwide experts on these topics.
Well, I didn’t want this post to be like and add, but I really liked the Raw For Life DVDs and I recommend them to everyone.
Update from May 2011: If you prefer not to go to the extrem of a totally raw food diet, I recommend you read “The 30 Day Diabetes Cure“.
If you are type II diabetic you’ll find this link interesting (death to diabetes). It’s a website of an engineer who got a diabetic coma with a blood glucose level 1337 and 4 months later he was healed!
It is encouraging and can help you to really understand your illness condition and probably cure it naturally as well.
Here you have a video presentation about it:
Update May 2011: I found a new resource to cure diabetes that has impressed me. You can read the review I wrote about “The 30 Day Diabetes Cure” here.
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